Museum Kareek Analysis

In the article written by Kareem Shaheen titled: “Isis fighters destroy ancient artefacts at the Mosul museum” It details about ISIS activities of destroying ancient artifacts from museums. ISIS had posted a video of its members destroying artifacts from the Mosul museum under religious “right”. The main target of the video was the artifacts of Assyrians and Akkadians, all very valuable and dating back to even the 7th century. ISIS has destroyed many artifacts as they advanced in the region expanding their territory. Shaheen also points out that ISIS, in its expansion, has displaced many other religious minorities throughout the region. ISIS, in their campaign for territory, has caused major upheaval in the Middle East. They have been destroying important historical and religious artifacts from various important sites. In a recent video ISIS released it showed members of ISIS destroying Assyrian and Akkadian artifacts in the Mosul museum. ISIS in the video uses their religion to justify the destruction of these artifacts which, in some cases, date back to the 7th century. Shaheen describes the justification said by a member of ISIS in the video saying: “The man describes the Prophet Muhammad’s destruction of idols in Mecca as an example.” Shaheen explains that as ISIS has expanded their territory …show more content…
Shaheen writes about how ISIS has displaced many of these minority religions. In their most recent offence at the time in Iraq, they had uprooted many Chaldean Christians, a religious minority that had been in the area for a great amount of